alternatives to minicom

[Mark Szidik]

Hey guys,

I really appreciate the advice, but I am not doing a PPP
connection.  I am just dialing into a unix box (HPux) at one of
my Libraries sites.  Its not on the Internet, but I can dial
into it via modem and dumb terminal protocol (vt100).

It looks like diald is specifically for PPP connections.

I'll try Kermit.



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Mark Szidik
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Michigan Library Consortium    http://www.mlc.lib.mi.us

On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 Paul_Melson@keykertusa.com wrote:

> >Anybody able to recommend alternatives to Minicom?  I cant seem
> >to get it to work in a cron job.
> >
> >I have an expect script to dial out and do a bunch of stuff on
> >another system.  It works fine when I run the script from the
> >command line, but I get an error when it runs under cron:
> >
> >spawn minicom
> >No cursor motion capability (cm)
> >
> >Can minicom be run via cron?  If not, what other dialer programs
> >for Linux can I use?
>
> Seyon and microcom (http://microcom.port5.com/) are both decent
> replacements for minicom with scripting tools, but from what you describe,
> you're probably better off using diald or chat to do what you've been
> doing.  `chat` just reads a script file which is alternating send/expect
> strings.
>
> PaulM
>
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